Rail



n. A. PRY.

RAIL.

APPLLCATION FILED FEB. 28, I922.

' Patented June 20 1922.

FIG 3 A UNITED STATES PATENT DEF-ICE.

DAVID A. PRY, 0F WALNUT, PENNSYLVANIA.

RAIL.

Application filed February 28, 1922. Serial No. 539,836.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that 1, DAVID A. PRY, a citizen of the United States, residing at Walnut. in the county of Juniata and State of Pennsylvania, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Rails, of which the following is a specification.

This invention relates to rails for rail-- roads; and it consists in the novel construction and combination of the parts hereinafter fully described and claimed whereby adjacent rails are connected together in line with each other and the usual fish plates and bolts are dispensed with.

In the drawings, Figure l is a side View of the adjacent portions of two rails constructed according to this invention, showing them connected together. Fig. 2 is a side view similar to Fig. 1, but shows the rails separated. Fig. 3 is a plan View of the parts shown in Fig. 2. Fig. 4 is a sectional plan view, of the housing, taken on the line 44 in Fig. 2. j

The top or tread portion 6 of one rail is provided with a wedge-shaped end portion or projection 7, and the top or tread portion 8 of the adjacent rail is provided with a wedge-shaped notch 9 to receive the part 7 The top 6 of the rail and the web 10 under it are arranged to project longitudinally beyond the end of the rail base 12 which pertains to them. The top 8 of the other-rail and its web 14 are arranged so that the rail base 15 which pertains to them projects beyond them. These parts are proportioned so that the ends of the rail bases, and the ends of the rail webs abut against each other when the wedge-shaped end portion 7 is in engagement with the notch 9, as shown in Fig. 1.. The web 14 is provided with side plates 16 which project beyond its end and form a housing or channel 17 which straddles the end portion of the web 10, so that the two rails cannot get out of line with each other laterally. The housing or channel 17 is open at its top and communicates with the notch 9 as shown in Fig. 3, so that the tongue or end portion of the web 10 can be dropped vertically throughthe notch into the channel. This permits the rails to be put together, and disconnected, with great facility.

The ends of the side plates 16 are arranged flush with the end of the rail base 15, and

are overlapped by the top portion 6 of the rail to which they do not pertain. The side plates 16 may be formed integral with the rail to which they pertain, or they may be welded to it, or otherwise rigidly secured to it.

-Each rail is preferably made long enough to rest on any desired number of ties, as ordinarily spaced apart, and the rails are spiked to the ties or are otherwise secured in any approved manner.

The usual fish plates and bolts are not required, and the rails can be laid and removed with great facility and quickness.

What I claim is:

Two rails adapted to be connected together, said rails having complemental tops and bases at their meeting end portions, one rail having the end portion of its web projecting beyond the end of its base and forming a tongue, said rail having also a longitudinal projection at its top which projects beyond its said web and the other rail having a notch at its top part to receivethe said longitudinal projection, and having also side plates on the end portions of its web which project beyond its top part and straddle the said tongue, and having the end portion of its base also projecting beyond its said top part so as to extend under the bottom edge of the said tongue, the channel between the said side plates being open at the top and com municating with the said notch so that the said tongue can be dropped vertically through the notch into engagement with the channel. 1

In testimony whereof I have afiixed my signature. 

